According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), COVID-19 variant B. 1.8.1 accounted for approximately 37% of all new infections in the United States during the two weeks ending June 7. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared it a “variant under monitoring” due to its spike protein mutations and increasing worldwide […]
According to the department’s spokesperson, all four deceased patients were over 60 years old and suffered from pre-existing medical conditions, clarifying that the fatalities were not caused by the virus. The patients were under treatment at a private hospital, the statement added. The health department urged the public and media to avoid spreading sensationalized reports, […]
According to China’s General Administration of Customs, overseas shipments expanded by 7.0 percent in the last month. That compares with the 8.6 percent increase recorded the month before and short of the 9.5 percent forecast in a Bloomberg survey of analysts. Beijing is seeking to achieve annual national growth of around five percent this year, […]
In an update dated Thursday, the Food and Drug Administration’s change in recommendation comes even as Moderna and Novavax makers of two of the three COVID vaccines submitted their applications to the agency for updating the fall 2024 season shots with the JN.1 strain. Novavax had said its manufacturing is underway for a JN.1 vaccine […]
According to details, nine cases of the JN.1 variant of Covid-19 were reported in Peshawar hospitals, following which, the health department issued an advisory. The director of public health said the hospitals have been advised to expedite tests for COVID-19 in influenza-like diseases. The health official further said that hospitals have been directed to send […]
PIERS MORGAN has spoken out as a radio host who doubted the Covid vaccine is on a ventilator after contracting the virus. US radio host, Phil Valentine, 61; is currently on a ventilator in intensive care after he contracted Covid earlier this month. Valentine had previously told listeners of his ‘The Phil Valentine Show’ which […]
Popular actor Adnan Siddiqui has tested positive for Covid-19. The Meray Paas Tum Ho star and Dum Mastam producer took to his Instagram to let his fans know about the ‘bug‘ that bit him. “I tested positive today; thankfully with mild infection and immediately placed myself in isolation,” added Siddiqui. He went on to urge […]
It is perhaps not surprising that the fractious relationship between historic adversaries India and Pakistan has spilled over into social media in recent years. But at the end of April; as India struggled with a ferocious second wave of Covid-19; citizens on either side of the border shelved their barbs in favour of supportive hashtags […]
The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Sunday apprised; that a special Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight airlifted over 1.55 million doses of SinoVac Covid vaccine from China. The NCOC informed that the special consignment of the SinoVac vaccine of 1.55 million doses; had arrived at Islamabad International Airport through a special PIA flight; […]
Singapore’s Finance Minister Lawrence Wong says “open and free” air travel in Asia remains unlikely; in the near term as parts of the region battle with an increase in Covid-19 infections. Also, He says that he is somewhat less sanguine about the prospects of air travel. “The region is still facing rolling waves of infection, […]
